Portal:Current events/2014 April 10

April 10, 2014 (Thursday)

Accidents and disasters

At least 10 people are killed after a tour bus collides with a FedEx truck on Interstate 5 near Orland, California. (CNN) (USA Today)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war:
- 88 civilians are killed in Aleppo by barrel bombs dropped from Syrian government warplanes. (NOW Lebanon)

Arts and culture

American comedian Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report is announced to replace David Letterman to host the Late Show on CBS in 2015. (CBS)

Politics and elections

2014 Crimean crisis:
- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its annexation of Crimea. (Voice of Russia)
Sunflower Movement in Taiwan:
- Protesters against a proposed trade deal with China peacefully ended their 24-day occupation of the legislature, as lawmakers prepare to review bills requiring greater oversight for such agreements. (Bloomberg)
Five Russian lawmakers have asked the Prosecutor General of Russia, Yury Chaika, to investigate whether former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev should face charges for his role in the breakup of the Soviet Union. (BBC News)
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius resigns from the Obama Administration. OMB Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell is expected to be nominated to replace Sebelius. (Fox News)

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